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Michael Ullman

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    Jimmy McGriff Straight Up (Milestone) Jazz organ began almost accidentally: Pianists like the ebullient Fats Waller tinkered with the instrument in movie theaters. Intrigued by its various sound possibilities, Waller developed a lifelong love for the organ, which he passed…
    by Michael Ullman and Martin Johnson January 6, 1999 Tags: , , , ,
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    Flauting Tradition

    Bud Shank is best known for popularizing the flute in modern jazz. That's not what he wanted to be famous for, but it's his own fault. When he moved to Los Angeles in 1946 at the age of 20, he…
    by Michael Ullman December 23, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Cecil Taylor Quartet Qu'a: Live at the Iridium Vol. 1 (Cadence Jazz) Veteran pianist Cecil Taylor has a reputation for playing with the kind of relentless power and energy that can at times be overwhelming. As a result, for more…
    by Sam Prestianni, Martin Johnson, Dave Clifford, and Michael Ullman December 9, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Smile Girl Crushes Boy (Headhunter/Cargo) Like the Beach Boys before them, Smile sings of the prosaic and the traumatic with the same glazed, melancholic pleasantness that characterizes the feel-good attitude of the band's Southern California home. Every song is wrapped…
    by Dave Clifford and Michael Ullman November 25, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Bang on a Can All-Stars Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Wednesday, Oct. 21 When Brian Eno spoke at the Imagination Conference here in 1996, he credited two San Francisco-related incidents as influencing his music in general, and Music for…
    by Mark Athitakis, Chris Baty, and Michael Ullman October 28, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Lambchop What Another Man Spills (Merge) Despite a Nashville home and album cover pleas to visit the Country Music Hall of Fame there, Kurt Wagner's band Lambchop is more art collective than country group. As enamored with Memphis soul and…
    by Mark Athitakis, Martin Johnson, Michael Ullman, and Dave Clifford September 23, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Jermaine Dupri Life in 1472 (So So Def) Life in 1472, the debut recording as a frontman of hit producer Jermaine Dupri, is one of the most pointless releases of the year, and it sounds like many of the participants…
    by Martin Johnson and Michael Ullman August 19, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    The Monorchid Who Put Out the Fire? (Touch and Go) The existential angst of ineffectual white males is well past new or interesting. The flood of emotional navel-gazing drenching the world of indie rock is a scourge of banal personal…
    by Dave Clifford, Martin Johnson, and Michael Ullman July 22, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Various Artists Lyricist Lounge (Rawkus) Hip hop is about battles. MCs slip rhymes around competitors like lyrical choke holds, while turntablists scratch and cut against each other like baggy-panted gladiators. And for what? Competition. Competition hones skills, strips away fat,…
    by Robert Arriaga, Philip Dawdy, Dave McCoy, and Michael Ullman June 3, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    The Perfect Band

    In 1965, Miles Davis had the quintet he'd dreamed of -- the group featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams that is featured on the six-CD set The Miles Davis Quintet 1965-'68: The…
    by Michael Ullman April 22, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Dirty Three Ocean Songs (Touch and Go) What with all the recent fascination about sinking ships -- Titanic's themes of love on the high seas, kindly souls who drown beautifully, and all that business -- it's worth noting that Dirty…
    by Mark Athitakis, Andi Zeisler, and Michael Ullman April 8, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Being Country

    A shy man with a goofy live presence -- he likes to haunt the back of the stage -- jazz guitarist Bill Frisell has an active, quirky sense of humor. He's written pieces such as "Rag" and "Tag," "Pip, Squeak,"…
    by Michael Ullman March 25, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Hear This

    Joe Williams Jazz singer Joe Williams, who will be 80 in December, has been famous since the mid-'50s, when, after a decade as a local Chicago celebrity, he sang with Count Basie. Williams was a godsend. His booming baritone voice…
    by Michael Ullman March 18, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    Mark Elf Trickynometry (Jen Bay Jazz) Mark Elf is one of those people who seem to think in music. Hiply articulate, the jazz guitarist, currently with the mainstream bebop Heath Brothers band, speaks with the accents and emphasis and enthusiasm…
    by Michael Ullman and Dave Clifford February 25, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    The Lox Money, Power & Respect (Bad Boy) These are the things you need to know about the debut album from the Yonkers-based rap trio the Lox. The song "If You Think I'm Jiggy" borrows heavily from Rod Stewart's "Do…
    by Martin Johnson and Michael Ullman February 11, 1998 Tags: , , , ,
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    The Last of the Hipsters

    The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (Mosaic) Jazz pianist Lennie Tristano died on Long Island in 1978 at the age of 58; but he'd withdrawn years before into a self-imposed semi-isolation that was punctured…
    by Michael Ullman November 26, 1997 Tags: , , , ,
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  • Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'. Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
    clipping at Brava Theater Sept. 11
    Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'. Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
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